In all honesty, from what Arie and others have said, PR1.3 is either a relatively small deal or a partial regression. Given that, I'm not so fixated on whether or when the N9 gets it. If PR1.3 does come out, I'm not gonna load it until all of the developers of the key apps and mods I use have upgraded those programs. I am pretty happy with my N9 status quo, so I'm gonna be pretty risk avoidant with PR1.3, which sounds like more risk than reward at the moment.

I am in agreement with people talking up BB10. It looks goooood to me, assuming RIM gets this latest OS + device to a store near me. That BB10 UI is pretty much a full knock off of the N9 plus Android apps, so I'm interested--and the little innovations RIM previews are cool, too.

All the new stuff seems pretty good to me, so none of us will suffer. That's the good news--we have lots of options.